Key Music Resources

Key Music Resources for any researcher

Dear colleagues,

I am an ethnomusicologist (among other things), with a PhD from UCLA. Some of the fun comes not only from listening to awesome music and talking to people about it, but learning as much as you can about in libraries.

Here are two resources that are available online now, too. (While previews of all articles are freely available, full access to requires a subscription. Annual subscriptions are currently available to institutions: libraries, research institutes, schools, and other organizations. Free trials are available.)

The teachers among us may be preparing classes for next fall, and these could be of help.

MGG Online – the dynamic online rendition of the comprehensive and authoritative German-language music encyclopedia Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart with integrated Google Translate.

RILM Abstracts with Full Text – the full-text expansion of the authoritative global music bibliography.

RILM Music Encyclopedias – the go-to source for full-text music encyclopedias around the globe that is continuously updated.
This three-minute demonstration video highlights ways music researchers can uncover unexpected music information that can have a significant impact on their research.

MGG Online: https://mgg-online.com/
RILM Abstracts with Full Text: http://rilm.org/fulltext/
RILM Music Encyclopedias video:

If you teach a class where popular music figures in, “Mastering the Mix – Choosing Authentic Popular Music Material” discusses evaluating music sources using RILM Abstracts with Full Text.

Have fun!